Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 303-309 , Winter 2008

Dosimetric Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of 172 Patients Treated for Various Disease Sites: Comparison of EBT Film Dosimetry, Ion Chamber Measurements, and Independent MU Calculations

Presented in abstract form at the joint annual scientific meeting of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, October 9–13, 2007, Toronto, ON, Canada. Radiother. Oncol. 2007;84/2; S90.

Received 13 November 2007 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 303-309 , Winter 2008

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